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Post by atumiwa on May 5, 2019 13:51:20 GMT
what is Longest Wuxia story ever created that u know?
in my country, there is one called Api di Bukti Menoreh , which is very very long and even until the death of the writer, it's not finished yet
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Post by Admin on May 6, 2019 2:33:35 GMT
How do you define "longest" ? Is it the story timeline, or the length of the book?
I've never read Api Di Bukit Menoreh, but I know it's very popular.
For wuxia, I think there's no such case when the story became too long that even the author could not finish the story. But there are stories which have a very long time span in the novel. For example the Tianshan series, the story span is from the late Ming Dynasty until the reign of Qianlong Empire of Qing Dynasty.
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Post by siuyiu on May 6, 2019 6:02:52 GMT
i believe that the honour goes to huan zhu lou zhu and his mt shu story, "Swordspeople of the Shu Mountains (蜀山劍俠傳)" (4.1 million characters), which was also unfinished. that's for one novel. if you're talking about a series of interrelated novels, then i don't know.
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Post by Admin on May 6, 2019 7:07:28 GMT
i believe that the honour goes to huan zhu lou zhu and his mt shu story, "Swordspeople of the Shu Mountains (蜀山劍俠傳)" (4.1 million characters), which was also unfinished. that's for one novel. if you're talking about a series of interrelated novels, then i don't know. 4.1 million Chinese characters?  I'm reading 大秦帝国 - 5.4 millions hanzi and the book series come up in 17 pretty thick books. 4.1 millions will be at least 14 thick books. Anyway, what's the story all about? siuyiu ? |
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Post by atumiwa on May 6, 2019 7:09:28 GMT
How do you define "longest" ? Is it the story timeline, or the length of the book? I've never read Api Di Bukit Menoreh, but I know it's very popular. For wuxia, I think there's no such case when the story became too long that even the author could not finish the story. But there are stories which have a very long time span in the novel. For example the Tianshan series, the story span is from the late Ming Dynasty until the reign of Qianlong Empire of Qing Dynasty. the length of the book. for example Api di Bukit Menoreh have 396 physical books and still unfinished yet, spent over 30 years of writing. i dont know how many million characters in total though |
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Post by Admin on May 6, 2019 7:14:06 GMT
the length of the book. for example Api di Bukit Menoreh have 396 physical books and still unfinished yet, spent over 30 years of writing. i dont know how many million characters in total though whoaaaaa So what happened in the end? Did someone overtake the writing and finish the story? |
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Post by atumiwa on May 6, 2019 9:22:05 GMT
the length of the book. for example Api di Bukit Menoreh have 396 physical books and still unfinished yet, spent over 30 years of writing. i dont know how many million characters in total though whoaaaaa So what happened in the end? Did someone overtake the writing and finish the story? there are 5 fanfictions that continue his job, but of course they are not official 1 book is around 130k characters excluding space  |
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Post by kyc on May 6, 2019 11:45:46 GMT
Huang Yi's Datang Shuanglong Zhuan (大唐雙龍傳) is also pretty darned long.
Possibly a toss-up between Shushan and Datang.
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Post by siuyiu on May 6, 2019 22:38:23 GMT
i believe that the honour goes to huan zhu lou zhu and his mt shu story, "Swordspeople of the Shu Mountains (蜀山劍俠傳)" (4.1 million characters), which was also unfinished. that's for one novel. if you're talking about a series of interrelated novels, then i don't know. 4.1 million Chinese characters? I'm reading 大秦帝国 - 5.4 millions hanzi and the book series come up in 17 pretty thick books. 4.1 millions will be at least 14 thick books. Anyway, what's the story all about? siuyiu ? i have yet to read it. based on wiki, it's more along the lines of xianxia than wuxia, with fairies and fantasy elements: so, basically, the final confrontation between the forces of good and evil, the focal point being mt e'mei. |
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Post by Admin on May 7, 2019 2:47:52 GMT
whoaaaaa So what happened in the end? Did someone overtake the writing and finish the story? there are 5 fanfictions that continue his job, but of course they are not official 1 book is around 130k characters excluding space 130k in one book?  That's a reading for a lifetime! And for the author, indeed it's his lifetime work! |
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Post by chefying on May 18, 2019 15:33:10 GMT
what is Longest Wuxia story ever created that u know? in my country, there is one called Api di Bukti Menoreh , which is very very long and even until the death of the writer, it's not finished yet Fire on Menoreh Mountain? That sounds like an interesting name for a book. I have not heard of, nor read this book but I presume it must have been interesting because the many books had its fans. Personally, I am inclined not to take interest on this book if it is too long, and most of all, it does not have an ending by the author. |
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Post by chongjasmine on Mar 8, 2020 1:42:34 GMT
Wow, there are sure plenty of long stories.
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I'm reading 大秦帝国 - 5.4 millions hanzi and the book series come up in 17 pretty thick books. 4.1 millions will be at least 14 thick books.
That's a reading for a lifetime! And for the author, indeed it's his lifetime work! 
